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Police say person of interest in custody in officer killinghttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3721640-police-person-interest-custody-officer-killing.html
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A person of "interest" has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis, police said Sunday.
Memphis Police Department spokeswoman Karen Rudolph told The Associated Press that a person is in custody but that no charges have been filed in the killing of Officer Sean...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:15:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3721640-police-person-interest-custody-officer-killing.html2015-08-02T18:15:00ZFatal police shooting in Wal-Mart under review 1 year laterhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3722006-fatal-police-shooting-wal-mart-under-review-1-year.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A year after a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer while carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart, federal officials' review of the case remains unfinished as his relatives plan an anniversary vigil — and the region grapples with the aftermath of a different deadly police shooting.
John Crawford III was shot A...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 16:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3722006-fatal-police-shooting-wal-mart-under-review-1-year.html2015-08-02T16:16:00ZGirl wounded in attack on Jerusalem gay pride parade dieshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721904-girl-wounded-attack-jerusalem-gay-pride-parade-dies.html
JERUSALEM (AP) — A teenage girl seriously wounded after an anti-gay extremist stabbed her and several others in last week's attack on Jerusalem's gay pride parade died Sunday, a hospital official.
Shira Banki, 16, succumbed to her wounds, and her organs will be donated, Hadassah Medical Center spokeswoman Hadar Elboim said. The girl was among six people w...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:19:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721904-girl-wounded-attack-jerusalem-gay-pride-parade-dies.html2015-08-02T15:19:00ZNo indications of potential gang violence at 75th Sturgishttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3721912-indications-potential-gang-violence-75th-sturgis.html
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Never-before-seen crowds are expected to ride into the craggy, evergreen-dotted Black Hills of western South Dakota this week, all headed to the 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
The rally is famous for bawdy behavior, with police busting hundreds each year for drunken driving and drugs, but authorities and bikers alike say there's no in...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3721912-indications-potential-gang-violence-75th-sturgis.html2015-08-02T14:52:00ZZimbabwe confirms lion named Jericho has not been shothttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3721706-zimbabwe-confirms-lion-named-jericho-shot.html
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe on Sunday dismissed a report of the shooting death of a male lion who was a companion of Cecil, a well-known lion killed by an American hunter in early July.
The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority released a photograph of the lion named Jericho that it said was taken Sunday mo...Sun, 02 Aug 2015 09:51:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3721706-zimbabwe-confirms-lion-named-jericho-shot.html2015-08-02T09:51:00ZChief insists officer fatally shot teen in self-defensehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3721280-chief-insists-officer-fatally-shot-teen-self-defense.html
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina police chief says he will not release the name of an officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old man in a Hardee's parking lot, insisting the officer acted in self-defense.
While the attorney for the teen's parents disputed the officer's account, Seneca Chief John Covington reiterated Friday the department considers the off...Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3721280-chief-insists-officer-fatally-shot-teen-self-defense.html2015-08-01T22:30:00ZResearcher in Zimbabwe doubts report of 2nd lion killinghttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721288-researcher-zimbabwe-doubts-report-2nd-lion-killing.html
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A lion researcher in Zimbabwe on Saturday cast doubt on a report of the shooting death of a male lion who was a companion of Cecil, a famous lion killed by an American hunter in early July.
The satellite collar on a second lion named Jericho has been sending normal signals, indicating the lion is alive and moving around, researcher Bre...Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:49:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721288-researcher-zimbabwe-doubts-report-2nd-lion-killing.html2015-08-01T21:49:00ZPalestinian shot by Israeli troops during protest dieshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721038-palestinian-shot-israeli-troops-protest-dies.html
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — An 18-year-old protester shot by Israeli troops during a demonstration over the killing of a Palestinian toddler died of his wounds Saturday, Palestinian health officials said.
Ahmad Betawi, the director of the Ramallah hospital, said Laith al-Khaldi died after being shot in the chest Friday during a demonstration over the burni...Sat, 01 Aug 2015 17:47:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3721038-palestinian-shot-israeli-troops-protest-dies.html2015-08-01T17:47:00ZBattery charge against Bills coach Kromer droppedhttp://www.mail.com/sports/football/3720182-battery-charge-bills-coach-kromer-dropped.html
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say they've dropped a battery charge against Buffalo Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer, who was accused of punching a boy in the face for using his beach chairs in Florida.
The State Attorney's Office filed a motion Friday to drop a charge of battery that caused bodily harm. The Walton County Sheriff's Offi...Sat, 01 Aug 2015 01:50:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/football/3720182-battery-charge-bills-coach-kromer-dropped.html2015-08-01T01:50:00ZNewborn girl found alive in dumpster in Kentucky; 1 chargedhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719964-newborn-girl-alive-dumpster-kentucky-1-charged.html
A newborn baby girl who was found alive in a dumpster in western Kentucky remained in a hospital Friday, and a teenager was charged with attempted murder, a law enforcement officer said.
The McCracken County sheriff's office said the baby was in stable condition after being found by a man from a Paducah business Thursday afternoon. "What alerted him was h...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:37:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719964-newborn-girl-alive-dumpster-kentucky-1-charged.html2015-07-31T23:37:00ZMan who died in police fight wanted for beating 97-year-oldhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719908-man-who-died-police-fight-wanted-beating-97-year-old.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who died after a fight with San Francisco police Thursday was wanted in the beating of a 97-year-old who employed him as a caretaker and later died from the attack, authorities said.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday (http://bit.ly/1IukN1B ) that Filimoni Raiyawa, 57, of Sonoma, beat Solomon Cohen in his home early Thu...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719908-man-who-died-police-fight-wanted-beating-97-year-old.html2015-07-31T23:20:00ZMan accused of shooting family appears in Montana courthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718170-man-accused-shooting-family-appears-montana-court.html
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of shooting a family that stopped to give him roadside assistance is in federal custody in Montana.
U.S. marshals brought Jesus Deniz to Billings from Park County, Wyoming, for an initial court hearing Friday on murder charges. Police arrested Deniz on Wednesday near Meeteetse (muh-TEET'-see), 120 miles from...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718170-man-accused-shooting-family-appears-montana-court.html2015-07-31T22:20:00ZBaltimore killings soar to a level unseen in 43 yearshttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719558-baltimore-killings-soar-to-level-unseen-43-years.html
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore reached a grim milestone on Friday, three months after riots erupted in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody: With 45 homicides in July, the city has seen more bloodshed in a single month than it has in 43 years.
Police reported three deaths — two men shot Thursday and one on Friday. The men died at local hosp...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:47:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719558-baltimore-killings-soar-to-level-unseen-43-years.html2015-07-31T20:47:00ZU. of Cincinnati shooting puts spotlight on campus policehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3719734-u-cincinnati-shooting-puts-spotlight-campus-police.html
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When an Ohio prosecutor charged a campus police officer with murder in the death of a driver during a traffic stop, he offered a harsh judgment on University of Cincinnati police, saying the school should not be in the business of law enforcement at all.
That statement and the circumstances of the shooting near campus have raised q...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:57:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3719734-u-cincinnati-shooting-puts-spotlight-campus-police.html2015-07-31T19:57:00ZIndictment: Former Texas surgeon so derelict he left 2 deadhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719616-indictment-texas-surgeon-derelict-left-2-dead.html
DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas neurosurgeon has been described by state regulators as so derelict during operations that his actions led to the deaths of two patients and left others with disabling injuries in what's seen as one of the worst recent cases of malpractice in Texas.
Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who lost his medical license in 2013, now faces poten...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719616-indictment-texas-surgeon-derelict-left-2-dead.html2015-07-31T19:35:00ZNo charges vs. 2 officers at scene of traffic stop shootinghttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719152-charges-vs-2-officers-scene-traffic-shooting.html
CINCINNATI (AP) — Two University of Cincinnati police officers who were at the scene just after a fellow officer fatally shot a driver are not being charged, a prosecutor said Friday.
The Hamilton County grand jury did not return indictments against Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt. The announcement that they wouldn't be charged came a day after forme...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:12:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3719152-charges-vs-2-officers-scene-traffic-shooting.html2015-07-31T19:12:00ZNot guilty plea in federal court for church shooting suspecthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718356-guilty-plea-federal-court-church-shooting-suspect.html
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston wants to plead guilty to 33 federal charges, but his lawyer said in court Friday that he couldn't advise his client to do so until prosecutors say whether they'll seek the death penalty.
During a brief arraignment in federal court, defense attor...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718356-guilty-plea-federal-court-church-shooting-suspect.html2015-07-31T18:31:00ZEscaped inmate suspected in killing is captured after chasehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718600-escaped-inmate-suspected-killing-captured-chase.html
KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — An escaped inmate suspected of strangling an acquaintance and stealing a gun and two trucks while on the run led police on a chase and rammed a cruiser before being captured Friday, authorities said.
State troopers took Robert Crissman into custody about 26 hours after authorities said he walked away from a work-release program at a...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3718600-escaped-inmate-suspected-killing-captured-chase.html2015-07-31T16:41:00ZCourt orders Jerusalem gay pride attacker remain in custodyhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3718424-court-orders-jerusalem-gay-pride-attacker-remain-custody.html
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An anti-gay ultra-Orthodox extremist suspected of stabbing revelers at Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade appeared in court on Friday and the judge ordered that he remain in custody.
The suspected attacker, Yishai Schlissel, was arrested at the pride parade the previous day, after he brandished a knife and stabbed six people. The court e...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:53:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3718424-court-orders-jerusalem-gay-pride-attacker-remain-custody.html2015-07-31T12:53:00ZSouth African police says American woman killed in Cape Townhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3718392-south-african-police-american-woman-killed-cape-town.html
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A 39-year-old American woman was killed in a hotel room in Cape Town this week and a murder suspect of Guatemalan origin has been arrested, South African police said Friday.
South African police spokeswoman Noloyiso Rwexana said the body of the woman was found at a hotel in Camps Bay, a popular tourist destination in Cape Town. She sai...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3718392-south-african-police-american-woman-killed-cape-town.html2015-07-31T10:39:00ZDefense, DA argue reasons to spare Colorado gunman's lifehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717186-defense-da-argue-reasons-to-spare-colorado-gunmans-life.html
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Defense lawyers for James Holmes made one more appeal for mercy Thursday, urging jurors to consider mental illness in his sentencing even though they rejected his insanity claim when they convicted him of murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others at a Colorado movie theater.
"It was not about notoriety, it was not about hat...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:51:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717186-defense-da-argue-reasons-to-spare-colorado-gunmans-life.html2015-07-31T01:51:00ZCampus officer pleads not guilty in traffic stop shootinghttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3715480-campus-officer-pleads-guilty-traffic-shooting.html
CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of murder and was ordered jailed on $1 million bail.
Fired UC officer Ray Tensing later posted 10 percent of that amount and was released, the Hamilton County Court clerk's website said. He was freed at abou...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:42:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3715480-campus-officer-pleads-guilty-traffic-shooting.html2015-07-31T01:42:00Z911 calls describe harrowing scene after theater shootinghttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717570-911-calls-describe-harrowing-scene-theater-shooting.html
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The urgent call went out across a police radio only minutes after gunfire erupted inside a Lafayette movie theater: The suspect was inside an auditorium and had reloaded his gun.
"We have an active shooter here," one officer said, calling for help from others with rifles. "Listen, we need everybody over here. Send anybody you got."...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:29:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717570-911-calls-describe-harrowing-scene-theater-shooting.html2015-07-31T01:29:00ZFBI: Suspect in Montana shooting says victim laughed at himhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3716970-fbi-suspect-montana-shooting-victim-laughed.html
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An 18-year-old Wyoming man accused of robbing and shooting three members of a family after asking for roadside help told investigators he opened fire after one of the victims laughed at him, an FBI agent said in a court filing Thursday.
Jason Shane, 51, and Tana Shane, 47, died in the Wednesday shooting in the small town of Pryor, FBI...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:54:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3716970-fbi-suspect-montana-shooting-victim-laughed.html2015-07-31T00:54:00ZMaryland governor to close Baltimore detention centerhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3717396-maryland-governor-to-close-baltimore-detention-center.html
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's governor announced plans Thursday to immediately shut down Baltimore's state-run jail, where inmates and guards ran a criminal conspiracy inside vermin-infested, 19th-century walls and thwarted decades of attempted reforms.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said the state would save $10 million to $15 million a year by closing the Ba...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3717396-maryland-governor-to-close-baltimore-detention-center.html2015-07-31T00:41:00ZCity mourns as teen charged in killing appears in courthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3715506-city-mourns-teen-charged-killing-appears-court.html
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A teenage boy accused of raping and killing an 8-year-old neighbor appeared in court briefly Thursday as flags around this small California town flew at half-staff in honor of the girl.
Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, his hands shackled in front of him, did not enter a plea. The 15-year-old's arraignment was postponed until Sept. 21, most...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3715506-city-mourns-teen-charged-killing-appears-court.html2015-07-31T00:13:00ZAPNewsBreak: Man confesses in fatal shooting of Vegas motherhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3716998-apnewsbreak-man-confesses-fatal-shooting-vegas-mother.html
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a mother in a Las Vegas neighborhood said he mistook her for drug thugs who had threatened him and his family, according to a taped confession that defense attorneys want tossed out of the puzzling murder case initially thought to be a road-rage killing.
Erich Milton Nowsch Jr. is heard at f...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3716998-apnewsbreak-man-confesses-fatal-shooting-vegas-mother.html2015-07-31T00:07:00ZTexas trooper's boss says he had reason to stop Sandra Blandhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3717830-texas-troopers-boss-reason-to-sandra-bland.html
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The top boss over the Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland said there was reason to pull her over for failing to signal a lane change and told lawmakers Thursday that the trooper remains on the state payroll because the investigation is still playing out.
Bland was found dead in the Waller County jail on July 13, three days after h...Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3717830-texas-troopers-boss-reason-to-sandra-bland.html2015-07-31T00:00:00ZThe Latest: Colorado shooting judge holds woman in contempthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717562-latest-colorado-shooting-judge-holds-woman-contempt.html
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial (all times local):
5:15 p.m. The judge in the Colorado shooting case has sentenced a woman to three weeks in jail for interrupting the lead prosecutor during closing arguments in the latest stage of the penalty phase. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. found Deborah...Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:27:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3717562-latest-colorado-shooting-judge-holds-woman-contempt.html2015-07-30T23:27:00Z